carry the torch for (someone)

To be in love with someone, especially secretly and/or unrequitedly. I've carried the torch for her since high school, but I've never been able to tell her how I feel. Susan carried the torch for him for years after they broke up.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Telma	-	Portuguese
Manana	-	Georgian
Susanna	soo-ZAHN-nah (Italian), SOO-sahn-nah (Finnish), soo-ZAN-ə (English)	Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Winnifred	WIN-i-frid	Welsh, English
Palmiro	-	Italian
Iared	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek